2006 Minnesota Code
Chapters 324 - 338 Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection
Chapter 325E Regulation of Trade Practices
Section 325E.166 325E.166 CLOCK-HOUR METERS; PROHIBITED ACTS.

325E.166 CLOCK-HOUR METERS; PROHIBITED ACTS.
Subdivision 1. Tampering. No person shall, with intent to defraud, knowingly tamper with,
adjust, alter, change, set back, disconnect, or fail to connect the clock-hour meter of a farm tractor,
or cause any of the foregoing to occur to a clock-hour meter of a farm tractor, so as to reflect
fewer hours than the farm tractor has actually been in operation.
Subd. 2. Operation with disconnected or nonfunctional meter. No person shall, with
intent to defraud, operate a farm tractor knowing that the clock-hour meter of the farm tractor
is disconnected or nonfunctional.
Subd. 3. Tampering device. No person shall advertise for sale, sell, use, or install on any
part of a farm tractor or on a clock-hour meter in a farm tractor a device that causes the clock-hour
meter to register any hours of operation other than the true hours of operation that the clock-hour
meter was designed to measure.
Subd. 4. Disclosure. No person shall sell or offer for sale or trade in a farm tractor with
knowledge that the hours registered on the clock-hour meter have been altered so as to reflect
fewer hours than the farm tractor has actually been in operation, without disclosing the fact
to prospective purchasers.
Subd. 5. Conspiracy. No person shall conspire with another person to violate this section.
History: 2006 c 211 s 2